Dietetics with Driessens LLC

08/24/2026

Case study 🧪

08/23/2026

Ordered thousands of gimaps - it’s one of my favorite tools to get insight on gut. With that being said, most of what the Gimap shows is downstream data (a report card if you will) to something deeper. Some things are face value or a measurement of something that was purely communicable

But big picture here is the test and data is only as good as the practitioner’s skillset who is interpreting it in the context of the patient’s whole health picture.

Need another set of eyes? Happy to help!

I am functional medicine aligned and take insurance 🦄

08/20/2026

Women - be careful of OB/gyns who continue to maintain that birth control or lupron is all you need.

If you are symptomatic of endo - the bare minimum is offering a referral to excision specialist to start the conversation/discuss candidacy. Not offering this as an option to symptomatic women is a problem

How long would this have gone missed? How damaged would my kidneys have been before that became symptomatic enough for me to go to the ER again? How many more ER visits for pain would have gotten someone’s attention to offer more than just the pill or Lupron?

I share my endo story as I know there are millions of undiagnosed & untreated women out there. It takes on average 9 years to get diagnosed!

My CIRS I’ve talked about for years was missed too - I beat down doors to get it diagnosed & it took getting certified myself as a Shoemaker proficiency partner to learn enough & then find a $ pay doctor I could afford for formal diagnosis

My Lyme disease was missed too for over a year from the time of the bite because the initial ELISA was negative - I beat down doors to get it diagnosed & kept asking questions

Now D.I.E. was missed but found with my persistence - and I had to beat down doors to get this consult (I have an HMO plan now) and surgery scheduled too. Ive brought up my symptoms to the 8 different OB/GYNs groups I’ve been a patient at since age 18. Seven of the practices said I didn’t need surgery - only one doctor said maybe…and my most recent one I flat out told I was just going to go for it on my own and actually had to get the P*P to place the referral after calling the excision surgeon’s office and they placed the MRI for me to nudge the P*P to sign off on referral…

The HOOPS western medicine makes women jump through is insane, the dismissive care is insane, the not believing women is insane! & I’m clinical & I had to fight this hard.

I’m not assigning blame to 1 thing for my story - there are so many layers to it.

I alone can’t fix broken healthcare. All I can do is share my story & resources to try to empower women to speak up & keep advocating for themselves 🫶🏻

08/19/2026

After ten years of working in endocrinology as a board certified diabetes care and education specialist…and now being much more functional medicine minded….

I wonder how many assumingly prediabetes cases were really undiagnosed CIRS?

Don’t get me wrong - prediabetes and diabetes still need cared for in the moment - we can’t let that go rogue. The insulin resistance and higher glucose readings are real…but is it really all just genetics and lifestyle choices…or is this person’s body fighting an uphill battle because they are breathing in three thousand gallons a day of high levels of mold, endotoxins or actinobacteria from their water damaged home? And the body is “acting out” in the form of metabolic dysfunction?

Prediabetes (and eventually type 2 diabetes) to me means check the house for mold. Period. Rule it out or rule it in. Get a CIRS work up too.

Yes eat healthy but that’s the green version of downstream symptom whack a mole by controlling carb intake.

I can’t unsee this after 15 years collectively in conventional and functional healthcare.

08/18/2026

Some people need prescription BINDERS. Some don’t
Some need antimicrobials for gut dysbiosis. Some don’t.
Some need MARCoNS eradicated. Some don’t.
Some need mast cell stabilization. Some don’t.
Some need deficiencies corrected that support phase 1&2 liver detoxification. Some don’t.
Some need an actino skin protocol. Some don’t.
Some people needs CIRS biomarkers resolved. Some don’t have CIRS but mold is still causing or worsening a lot of other health problems….

And some need ALL of this!

Want a comprehensive yet concise framework to follow with titratable protocols that covers all the biggest issues (apply if/when relevant) when dealing with Biotoxins - not just one subset of the environmentally acquired illness from water damage?

Most people need nuance when it comes to how mold harmed their health. I teach it. Laymen’s terms. Simple to follow. Resources. Let me help you overturn all the stones and implement what is relevant to you!

Comment MOLD to see what is all included in Mold Illness Recovery and I’ll auto DM the link 🫶🏻

08/18/2026

New Blog Post: All About Akkermansia

Comment BLOG for the link to the post and a sample protocol for increasing levels.

08/14/2026

08/13/2026

Comment endo for links to my endo blog, my post surgery endo supply checklist and surgeons contact info to schedule

08/10/2026

I’ve ordered thousands of GIMAPs

The patterns I’ve seen for years…

It’s not enough for a practitioner to do a GIMAP and give you a protocol. How did it get there?

Need a professional dot connector? Self schedule online. I take BCBS/anthem, Aetna and United/UMR PPO plans

***The only Shoemaker proficiency partner in the USA who takes insurance 🫶🏻 but also believes/understands MCAS and fungal issues and is Jill Crista trained too 😘

08/09/2026